Chapter 215: Extreme Cold. Favoring Sons over Girls
"Big sister, this is where you're wrong." A young woman in cotton pajamas came out of the second bedroom, gathered her hair, and pouted, "Our parents are old, they can't go hungry. You and your brother-in-law are both educated people, and educated people don't abuse their parents."
"There's not much rice left at home." Chu Shaoxia said with a gloomy face.
"Then go out and work to earn it." The young woman looked unhappy. "When I married your brother, I heard him talk about how great you were and how great your girlfriend was. And you also said you would help us. You can't regret it now."
“What are you arguing about?” A male voice came from the second bedroom. “Sis, if you dislike us, just tell us directly. Erya and I will move out immediately. Just consider it that I saved my brother-in-law in vain. I deserve to have my legs broken... cough cough cough... I accept my fate.”
"Hey, old man, come out and take a look. Your precious daughter is trying to chase us away again." Mother Chu slapped her thigh and yelled, "She just thinks we are a burden to her and that Shaoqing is a useless person who allows others to bully him."
Chu Shaoxia closed her eyes with difficulty and forced herself to hold back her tears. If crying could help, she would be willing to cry her eyes blind.
"Mom, I didn't say to chase them away. But the elder is sick and can't go out to work. There are really only five kilograms of rice left at home. We have to eat sparingly."
"I think my brother-in-law is just pretending to be sick. Sister, I'm not trying to persuade you. Brother Zhao in the neighborhood next door is so good. If you follow him, you will definitely have a good life. Do you think you need to suffer with him?"
"Shut up and don't mention him in front of me anymore." Chu Shaoxia wanted to vomit when she thought of Zhao's face. He was a bully who bullied men and women. Only a fool would think of following him.
"Hey, you're not allowed to talk anymore. I'll go back to my room and wait for dinner." My sister-in-law turned and went into the room. When she closed the door, she didn't forget to remind him, "Call me when it's time for dinner."
She entered the house, and Chu's father came out with his hands behind his back. He was a thin old man with bright eyes. He stood next to his wife, his waist not even as thick as her thigh.
"I think the elders are usually idle, and they want to be paid for doing some work. When the national epidemic broke out, I worked in the community for 120 consecutive days. That was exhausting."
Chu Shaoxia held her forehead with her hand. She had heard it eight hundred times. Although it was not easy at that time, the government always supported her and the whole country came to her aid.
Now, extreme weather occurs one after another, social resources are exhausted, social order is gone, killing is no longer illegal, and no disaster can compare to the disaster of human nature.
"Why, you don't want to listen?" Chu's father picked up the only stool in the house and slammed it to the ground. "I said, what's the point of raising a daughter? She's just someone else's daughter-in-law."
"Oh, I am such a poor person. I gave birth to a daughter who is not filial to her, and my only eldest son has a broken leg."
"I'll go cook, I'll go cook, stop arguing." Chu Shaoxia couldn't help it, she wiped her eyes, held her waist and walked into the kitchen.
There is not much rice left at home, so we might as well have a good meal and worry about the future later.
She dragged the broken stool into the kitchen, lit a fire and cooked, then put all the bacon that she had been reluctant to eat into her husband's bowl and hid it secretly.
She waited until her parents and younger brother and sister-in-law finished eating before she took the bowl and walked into the study, which is also her and her husband's current room.
There is a single bed in the study, which was bought by Mr. Guo for her to rest in the study.
The person on the bed was skinny, with sunken eyes and very weak breathing.
Chu Shaoxia helped the man up and said softly, "Master, it's time to eat."
Guo Changren's eyes rolled around, and after a long while he slowly opened them, forcing out a smile, "Shao...Xia."
"Yeah." Chu Shaoxia turned her face away, feeling extremely guilty towards her husband. If it weren't for her family, her husband wouldn't have to go out to scavenge and work day and night, and she didn't know how many beatings he had received.
He used to be such a high-spirited man, but now he is like a haggard old man.
She regretted letting her parents, brother and sister-in-law move in. They kept sucking her and her husband's blood like leeches. She wanted to be a selfish person and only protect the only husband in the world who treated her well.
"Don't cry, I'll be fine soon... cough cough cough, soon. I'll go out to find food and heal your brother's leg."
"Never mind, let's eat first." Chu Shaoxia brought the bowl over, "Open your mouth."
Guo Changren looked at the bacon and was surprised, "Shaoxia, this meat..."
"I made this especially for you. Eat more and get yourself well so you can take care of me."
"Shaoxia, you eat the meat. I just need a bite of rice. I'm not hungry."
Just as the two were being polite to each other, the door was pushed open with great force, and a sharp voice rang out at the same time, "I told you that they had hidden away the delicious food. Look, this is your good daughter, who saved the meat for her husband and let us eat white rice with pickles every day."
As she spoke, she rushed over to grab the bowl. Chu Shaoxia hurriedly protected the bowl in her arms, but she had been pushed down the stairs by the woman in front of her a few days ago and had injured her waist, so she couldn't use any strength at all.
Her sister-in-law's slaps fell like raindrops, but she didn't feel any pain at all. She just wanted to protect the bacon in the bowl. This might be the last bite of meat her husband would eat, and she couldn't let go no matter what.
Guo Changren struggled to get up, but his body seemed to be hollowed out, and he couldn't muster any strength. His face turned red and his neck became thick. "Stop... Stop... Stop."
When Chu Shaoxia heard her husband's voice, she quickly raised her head, but still held the bowl tightly.
The sister-in-law became more and more angry. She picked up the lamp on the desk and raised it high. "Bitch, give me the bowl, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
She wanted to seek help from the parents at the door, but was met with hateful looks.
"I am so unlucky to have given birth to a crooked person like you." The mother said viciously, "Don't you know that your brother's legs are broken? Instead of giving the delicious food to him, you gave it to this dying jerk."
"Tall people are not trash, not trash." Chu Shaoxia murmured in a low voice as if she was possessed by a demon.
Chu's father said with disdain, "You are nothing but trash. You can't even protect your brother. You owe this to the Chu family. You will have to pay it back for the rest of your life."
"Give me the bowl."
"Hurry up and give the bowl to Xiaoshan."
"Hand over the bowl."
The three people pointed at her aggressively and spit everywhere, and she seemed to have never known them before.
Bang——
The lamp fell and did not hit Chu Shaoxia. She was once again protected by her beloved man, even though he was dying.
Guo Changren only felt that his wife's eyes were wide open in fear, just like when the two of them encountered the crazy wild dog on campus, she was also so frightened.
He protected her that day, and he protected her today, too. But he got the beauty that day, and today he wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he couldn't say anything.
I could only feel a warmth on my head, flowing down my temples.
"Tall man...tall man..."
Chu Shaoxia hugged her husband's body like crazy, but got no response. She couldn't say anything and could only cry heartbreakingly.
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